The major theaters chains — from Regal to AMC — continue to balk (understandably), but major movie studios continue to float the notion that something has to be done to change the current model, with 20th Century Fox being the latest major to voice concern.
The debate surrounding theatrical exclusivity, and the “window” of time between when a movie screens in theaters and when it can be made available in our homes, is one that has raged for years in the film industry.
The window has shrunk in recent years, and several distributors (of the indie variety) have engaged in groundbreaking experiments with day-and-date release patterns to get movies in front of more eyeballs… particularly, eyeballs that don’t want to go to the movie theaters anymore, and prefer to watch films in the privacy of their own homes.